The attorney for a New Hampshire activist has withdrawn from his federal case over his client's plans to plead not guilty.
A judge approved the attorney's withdrawal on Wednesday.
Jerry DeLemus has already pleaded guilty to his role in a 2014 standoff at a Nevada ranch, but plans to change his plea now that defendants in a similar protest in Oregon have been acquitted.
A motion filed in a Nevada court says DeLemus's attorney will probably be called as a witness in hearings on the plea change, meaning he can't represent DeLemus anymore.

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

The attorney for a New Hampshire activist has withdrawn from his federal case over his client's plans to plead not guilty.

A judge approved the attorney's withdrawal on Wednesday.

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Jerry DeLemus has already pleaded guilty to his role in a 2014 standoff at a Nevada ranch, but plans to change his plea now that defendants in a similar protest in Oregon have been acquitted.

A motion filed in a Nevada court says DeLemus's attorney will probably be called as a witness in hearings on the plea change, meaning he can't represent DeLemus anymore.